iPod/iPad/iPhone Apps
Geocaching - by Groundspeak ($9.99)
Geocaching Toolkit iGCT - Tools to help with Geocaching (Free)
Geocache Viewer - View your cache GC codes on iPod or iPad ($0.99)
Commander Compass Lite - Add waypoints to a map view with a built in compass (Free)
Seek Cache - Allows you to seek caches from where you are right now (Free)

Android Apps
Geobeagle - Allows you to save caches to your phone and access to find. (Free)
Cachemate - A database for tracking GPS cache hunts. ($8.00)


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Windows Applications

  • OkMap (GPX/LOC/KML) - A free all in one application that allows real-time navigation with any GPS receiver that support NMEA 0183.
  • ClayJar Watcher (GPX) - Geocaching Specific - Freeware application that helps you manage your Pocket Query GPX files
  • EasyGPS (GPX/LOC) - A free application for managing both LOC and GPX file types
  • Google Earth (GPX/KML) - Google Earth can overlay the travels of trackable items on geocaching.com. Google Earth also uses GPS Babel to allow Premium Members the ability to drag a Pocket Query GPX file on to the application to overlay geocaches.
  • GPX Spinner (GPX) - Geocaching Specific - Shareware application that can convert GPX files to iSilo and Plucker format.
  • GPSBabel (GPX/LOC/KML) - A free console-based application for converting LOC and GPX to various other formats. Source code available.
  • Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK) (GPX/LOC) - All in one application that allows you to manage GPX/LOC files, upload to your GPS, and convert to various other formats. Uses GPSBabel as the back end.
  • MapSend Lite (GPX/LOC) is a free application from Magellan that now has built-in geocaching functionality.
  • Cache901 (GPX) Cross-platform application designed to work on the small screens of netbooks. Allows you to manage caches, your GPSr, notes, and photos. Open Source.
  • Cache Report (GPX) - An application for geocachers to convert Pocket Queries efficiently for paper caching.
  • Quo MobileXT (GPX/LOC/KML) - A free digital mapping application with dedicated Geocaching Tool for managing your geocaches, importing/exporting geocaches in various formats and uploading to Lowrance/Garmin/Magellan GPS devices. Uses local topographic maps as well as Open Street Map maps and Google Earth.

Mac Applications

  • Routebuddy (GPX/LOC) - Mac desktop application - combines plug-and-play GPS support with high-quality map data, allowing creation of a library of your GPS activities.
  • Google Earth (GPX/KML) - Google Earth can overlay the travels of trackable items on geocaching.com. Google Earth also uses GPS Babel to allow Premium Members the ability to drag a Pocket Query GPX file on to the application to overlay geocaches.
  • GPSBabel (GPS/LOC/KML) - A free console-based application for converting LOC and GPX to various other formats. Source code available.
  • GPS Connect for Mac OS X (GPX) - Garmin Specific application that works with GPX.
  • MacCaching GeoCache Manager (GPX/LOC) - A geocache manager for Mac OS X.
  • Cache901 (GPX) Cross-platform application designed to work on the small screens of netbooks. Allows you to manage caches, your GPSr, notes, and photos. Open Source.

Linux Applications

  • Google Earth (GPX/KML) - Google Earth can overlay the travels of trackable items on geocaching.com. Google Earth also uses GPS Babel to allow Premium Members the ability to drag a Pocket Query GPX file on to the application to overlay geocaches.
  • GPSBabel (GPS/LOC/KML) - A free console-based application for converting LOC and GPX to various other formats. Source code available.
  • GPS Manager (GPX) - A graphical manager of GPS data that makes possible the preparation, inspection and manipulation of GPS data in a friendly environment. GPSMan supports communication and real-time logging with Garmin, Lowrance and Magellan receivers and accepts real-time logging information in NMEA 0183 from any GPS receiver. GPSMan can also be used in command mode (with no graphical interface)
  • Viking (GPX) - A free/open source program to manage GPS data. You can import and plot tracks and waypoints, show Terraserver maps under it, add coordinate lines, make new tracks, waypoints, and more.
  • Cache901 (GPX) Cross-platform application designed to work on the small screens of netbooks. Allows you to manage caches, your GPSr, notes, and photos. Open Source.

Web-Based Applications

  • CacheStats - A tool to organize your geocaching statistics.
  • My Geocaching Profile - A tool to display various statistics about all of your geocaching finds. Requires Premium Membership at geocaching.com.
  • evince - Provides cache owners with a coordinate verification link to include on cache pages.

Geocaching Mobile

Applications for Handhelds

  • GPXView(GPX) - Donateware application for managing GPX files on PocketPC 2002 or later.
  • Cetus GPS(LOC) - Free PalmOS application that interfaces with your GPS through a serial port (or connected GPS). It can read waypoint files in LOC format.
  • iSilo- Document reader for Palm OS®, Pocket PC, Windows®, and Windows®CE Handheld devices.GPX Spinnercan "spin" GPX files into this file format.
  • Plucker- Alternate web viewer that works with Palm OS®based handheld devices.GPX Spinnercan "spin" GPX files into this file format.
  • CacheSense- CacheSense (GPX) – Geocaching Specific - BlackBerry Shareware: View, search & manage Pocket Queries/GPX files.
  • BASICgps- Free Geocaching application for Windows Mobile.


*The preceding information was added with permission from Geocaching.com